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A new page that shows a summary of your businesses' 2024 key statistics
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Abby Ramos-Dottin @ Bridge 12 days ago • Mar. 6, 2025 • 4:56 PM
An example of a retailer's 2024 Success Summary page. The information shown in the image is made up and does not reflect a retailer's real statistics.
A new page that shows a summary of your businesses' 2024 key statistics
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Abby Ramos-Dottin @ Bridge 12 days ago • Mar. 6, 2025 • 4:56 PM

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now see key statistics for your business in 2024 on the new Success Summary page.


What statistics are shared?
For retailers, the 2024 Success Summary page shares:

  • Online retail sales
  • Retail sales ranking among all online retailers
  • Number of shopping bags created
  • Number of retail orders received
  • Average online retail order amount
  • Number of new customers gained
  • Top online spending customer
  • Day with the most online sales
  • Most popular
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New Software Features & Updates
A new page highlighting 16 reasons to register at your indie store
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Abby Ramos-Dottin @ Bridge 29 days ago • Feb. 17, 2025 • 5:12 PM
The Benefits page shares benefits and features of your registry service. The page displays statistics that are specific to your store and showcase your store's expertise.
A new page highlighting 16 reasons to register at your indie store
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Abby Ramos-Dottin @ Bridge 29 days ago • Feb. 17, 2025 • 5:12 PM

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: We've added a new Benefits page to share the benefits and features of your registry service.


The Benefits page displays real statistics that are specific to your Online Store. These stats, like total number of registries serviced over the years and number of brands & products, help build trust—higher numbers better reflect your store's expertise and are more appealing to potential customers and new registry sign-ups.
 

The

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This video walks through an overview of the Shop Local Wholesale service and how it works for retailers and brands. 

60+ premium brands, including Beatriz Ball, Costa Nova, and Vista Alegre, use the Wholesale Ordering service to receive orders from 1,500+ of America's leading stores. Brands are selling $3.5m and retailers are saving 7 minutes per order using the service.

 

Webinar includes:

  • Quick Facts
  • Benefits to You
  • Testimonials & Reviews from Members
  • Live
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A registrant can display their monogram information on the item on their registry list.

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: A registrant can now add their monogram or engraving information to an item's listing on their registry. 
 

Previously, registrants could not add monogram details directly to the item's listing on the registry. Instead, they had to leave a comment on the item or add a note at the top of their registry. With this new feature, items eligible for monogramming or engraving will now display a "Monogramming or Engraving: + Add"

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47 days ago • January 30, 2025 • 10:01 AM
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Jan. 30, 2025
How to Offer a Successful Wedding Registry Service that Generates $78k+ in Registry Sales Webinar - Additional Resources

This document shares additional resources that your business can use to offer a successful wedding registry service. 

Please scan the QR codes to quickly be taken to each document's respective page or click the links below.

How to Increase Sales:
https://www.shoplocal.org/help-center.cfm/631/Increasing-Sales-for-Retailers

$5k in 5 Days Webinar Slides: 
https://bridge.myshoplocal.com/library.cfm?id=3485

Google Research Study: 
https://www.shoplocal.org/news.cfm/24875/Shop-Local-Helps-Indie-Stores-Rank-on-Page-1-of-Google-in-62-of-States 

How to Add a Link on Your Official Website:&

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A registrant's Instagram is visible to your store on a registry's profile. Your store can click the link to be be taken to their Instagram profile and easily connect with them to share content.
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: A registrant can now add their Instagram profile to their registry when signing up for a registry. This feature makes it easier for your store to engage with registrants and share content directly to Instagram.

How this helps your store:
  • 📱Promote registries with ease: You can share posts highlighting new registry signups and tag registrants on Instagram. 
  • 💬 Share registry posts: When a registrant is
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We're excited to share a new weekly email that your Online Store can send to your registrants. 

Every Tuesday, a registrant can receive a “Top 10 Wedding Gifts” email showcasing a list of a brand’s top 10 products. The email features items they can easily add to their registry. The Top 10 Tuesday email highlights a different brand each week until the wedding day.

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A brand can quickly view and access key admin tools on one page.
FOR BRANDS
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: We made it easier to view and browse through all of a brand's admin tools. The Collections Overview and a collection's page now show a navigation menu on the left side of the page with a brand's collections and departments.

Previously, one would have to visit multiple pages or drop-down menus to access different admin tools. With this update, one can quickly view and access the following admin tools on one page:
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A brand can control which products appear on a retailer's site.
How a brand can toggle Syncing on or off for a product.
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Abby Ramos-Dottin @ Bridge 90 days ago • Dec. 18, 2024 • 4:33 PM
FOR BRANDS
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now easily toggle Syncing on or off for a product. This feature is helpful if you do not wish to Sync discontinued, damaged, or defective products.

How this feature works:
  • This feature allows you to control which products appear on retailers' sites.
  • If you want a product to be listed on your Shop Local Store but not appear on retailers' sites, you can turn off Syncing for that product.
  • When a
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When a registrant opts in, they will get notified via text when a gift is purchased from their registry.
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: A registrant can now receive a system-generated text message when a gift is purchased off their registry list.

How this feature works:
  • When a registrant creates a new registry, they’ll be asked to enter a phone number during sign-up.
  • Below the phone number field, there will now be a checkbox that reads: "This is a mobile telephone number and may receive applicable text messages."
  • This box is checked by
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